Datuk Zakiah Hashim, was appointed to the Board on October 1, 2005. She graduated from University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in 1971. She joined the Malaysian Civil Service in 1971 and has served in various capacities including Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Entrepreneur Development (now known as Ministry of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development) from 1996 to 2000; Registrar of Societies, Ministry of Home Affairs from 1982 to 1996; Principal Assistant Secretary (Publications and Film Censorship), Ministry of Home Affairs from 1975 to 1982 and Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Health from 1971 to 1975. She was promoted to the post of Secretary General, Ministry of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development (MECD) in December 2000 and retired from the Malaysian Civil Service on November 8, 2004. Datuk Zakiah was appointed as Advisor (a non-remunerative position) to GALERIA MECD (a display, promotion and marketing centre for SME products) in October 2005 by the Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development. In April 2006, she was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Bangunan Puspanitapuri, PUSPANITA. She is also a Council Member of UNIKL.